Gagne’s 9
events of instruction is a very effective method to be followed because it
covers every aspect that a teacher should do in the classroom in order to make
an effective learning. It’s a combination of 3 learning theories. It supposed
to be applied in all classes. But somehow, in several classes, it may not give a
good response. For example, for passive students or slow thinker, they probably
will not respond, or just keep quiet, that’s why we need to grab their
attention and give motivation to the students, because if the students are not
engaged and interested, they will not pay attention.
On the other hand, I don’t see much of Gagne’s application in the current classroom situation. What most of the teacher does when coming to class is that, follow only the behaviorism part in Gagne’s like gain attention by greeting the students – Which sometimes does not really grab the students attention - and presenting information by explaining the topics and assess the performance of the students by giving exercise.
Most teachers do not give feedback to the students; Some times the teacher does not even assess the students. They just ask whether they understand it or not, of course we will not be able to know where their level is because kids might just say they understand. Furthermore, Teachers love giving taken home homework to assess the student, which I found is not really assessing, because some students may just copy it from their friends or ask someone else to do it for them.
The order of
Gagne’s 9 events of instruction is fine. But I think it is not a linear thing.
Because I think some of the order can be changed. For example before telling
the students of the learning objective, teacher can give example first and ask
the students to guess from the given example about what they are going to learn.
Because kids love guessing, isn’t it?
Sometimes stimulate recall is not needed, especially if the topic is not connected at all to the previous learning.And most of the teacher now, especially the young ones, does not really care with the students. Sometimes they do not even knowing what the students are doing at the back, and they keep teaching continuously. In order to apply these instructions, teachers should have a rough plan or maybe detailed plan on what they are going to do with the students. Don’t just come to class & then start teaching without any proper plan.I think this instruction should be applied in every classroom, and I believe that if every teacher follows these instructions, there should not be much problem in teaching & learning, and learning will be more successful.
On the other hand, I don’t see much of Gagne’s application in the current classroom situation. What most of the teacher does when coming to class is that, follow only the behaviorism part in Gagne’s like gain attention by greeting the students – Which sometimes does not really grab the students attention - and presenting information by explaining the topics and assess the performance of the students by giving exercise.
Most teachers do not give feedback to the students; Some times the teacher does not even assess the students. They just ask whether they understand it or not, of course we will not be able to know where their level is because kids might just say they understand. Furthermore, Teachers love giving taken home homework to assess the student, which I found is not really assessing, because some students may just copy it from their friends or ask someone else to do it for them.
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Sometimes stimulate recall is not needed, especially if the topic is not connected at all to the previous learning.And most of the teacher now, especially the young ones, does not really care with the students. Sometimes they do not even knowing what the students are doing at the back, and they keep teaching continuously. In order to apply these instructions, teachers should have a rough plan or maybe detailed plan on what they are going to do with the students. Don’t just come to class & then start teaching without any proper plan.I think this instruction should be applied in every classroom, and I believe that if every teacher follows these instructions, there should not be much problem in teaching & learning, and learning will be more successful.
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